Poetry | Thursday, June 13,2013

brewpoem #1

here are the brews we drank in englandpiddle from the nearby village of piddlethere’s a cluster of piddles includingpiddle in the hole we drank hobgoblindark ale from the wychwood brewery inwitn

Poetry | Thursday, June 6,2013

remember poem #8

By Jacqueline Jackson

in sunday schoolwas I five or sixone sundayI wanted togo back tothe sand tablebut they saidyou’re too biga girl for that

Poetry | Thursday, May 30,2013

operapoem #2

By Jacqueline Jackson

when you hear over WILL thatthe opera will start an hour earlyyou automatically think wagnerand sure enough here come theleit motifs of sigmund or seigfriedor whoever (our cows never milkedwell during

Poetry | Thursday, May 23,2013

personal pilgrimage poem

By Jacqueline Jackson

her ashes – my brit child’s – were in abaggie about a teaspoonful I left a pinchat the dorset farm she loved another onwhite horse hill near the town of her birthsun wind skylarks br

News | Thursday, May 23,2013

Medical marijuana closer to legalization

By Jacqueline Jackson

As Illinois waits for Gov. Pat Quinn’s decision on the medical marijuana bill, many citizens are wondering how they will be affected if he signs it into law. The Illinois Senate last week approv

Poetry | Thursday, May 16,2013

ecopoem #17

By Jacqueline Jackson

ecopoem #17everything livingon this thin skin that supports life has three missions eat to stay alive for the same reason avoid being eaten and breed in order to perpetuate your line so it can go on e

Poetry | Thursday, May 9,2013

earthday-ecopoem # 11

By Jacqueline Jackson

“A major study commissioned by theBritish government concludes in itsyesterday report that rapid andsubstantial spending to combatglobal warming is needed to averta catastrophic reduction in wor

Poetry | Thursday, May 2,2013

earthday poem #3

By Jacqueline Jackson

earthday poem #3went to earthday festivities at union park: encouraging displaysgreeny ideas demonstrationsso cold and rainy not many camethe decorated refrigerators caughtmy heart they should be a tr

Poetry | Thursday, April 25,2013

marathon poem #2

By Jacqueline Jackson

marathon poem #2two unbidden pictures keep fillingmy head neither from tv screens onethat kid younger than my grandsonslying in his pooled blood in the beachedboat waiting for the inevitable he’

Poetry | Thursday, April 18,2013

ZenMomentPoem #2

by guest-poet Delinda Chapman

By Jacqueline Jackson

The visiting choir directorWhen speaking with the childrenAsked their favorite song.As they shrugged their shouldersShe asked then their favorite animal.“Cows” said a boy,“The cows s